You can never do anything great in the world unless you have a chip on your shoulder.
I wrote a bunch of things! And they were anonymous. And then I had to go on a major work trip while authors were being revealed. They've all been on AO3 for a while, which is where things tend to wind up these days.
Adventures in International Sexting
Gymnastics RPF
Epke Zonderland/Danell Leyva
Danell and Epke love taking pictures of themselves almost as much as they love to look at each other.
This was my assigned story for Yuletide, for a_la_grecque. She asked for Zonderland/anyone, so I took the liberty of slashing him with my own favorite elite men's gymnast. This was an absolute blast to write, and not just because my research involved looking at the naked pictures that both guys have plastered the internet with. (Seriously, when public figures are distributing semi-pornographic images of themselves, the morality arguments against RPF dissolve into the ether.) Alas, NBC has eradicated all video footage of Leyva miming the motions of Zonderland's routine as Zonderland did it at the Olympics, but it happened and I saw it.
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The Cake Is a Lie
Revenge
Nolan Ross/Padma Lahari
Nolan doesn't need to wear pants to play this game.
I wrote this as a Yuletide pinch hit for marksykins, who apparently shares my love for Nolan and fascination with Padma. This is far fluffier and happier than I think Nolan/Padma will actually turn out, but romantic optimism is one of the chief uses of fanfic. This ended up overflowing with Portal references, right down to the title, and generally playing with Nolan's identity as a geek. It ends up not talking about his sexuality at all, which was not the choice I expected to make, but any mention dragged the story into didacticism.
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The Mouth of a Wolf's Not the End of the World
Teen Wolf
Allison Argent/Lydia Martin, Derek Hale, Gerard Argent
Allison has always been a werewolf hunter. Derek was ten when he survived the fire that killed his family. When the Argents return to Beacon Hills to kill Derek, Allison meets Lydia, and their romance makes her want to break the cycle.
How to write a story for tw_holidays and have it almost totally ignored: 1) Write femslash. 2) Have your recipient drop out. 3) Let Derek muscle his way into a major supporting role, but never mention Stiles or Jackson. 4) Write femslash without any porn. 5) Come up with a concept that probably requires 30,000 words but only have time to write 4500. 6) Fail to alert your friends to the existence of the fic until a week after the author reveal. (I actually like this story a lot and hope that someone notices it someday.)
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I've been working on my Best Songs of 2012 mixtape and commentary, but again with needing to put work ahead of fun. Remember when I was procrastinating my dissertation and had time for this stuff? But it all gets done eventually.
Adventures in International Sexting
Gymnastics RPF
Epke Zonderland/Danell Leyva
Danell and Epke love taking pictures of themselves almost as much as they love to look at each other.
This was my assigned story for Yuletide, for a_la_grecque. She asked for Zonderland/anyone, so I took the liberty of slashing him with my own favorite elite men's gymnast. This was an absolute blast to write, and not just because my research involved looking at the naked pictures that both guys have plastered the internet with. (Seriously, when public figures are distributing semi-pornographic images of themselves, the morality arguments against RPF dissolve into the ether.) Alas, NBC has eradicated all video footage of Leyva miming the motions of Zonderland's routine as Zonderland did it at the Olympics, but it happened and I saw it.
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The Cake Is a Lie
Revenge
Nolan Ross/Padma Lahari
Nolan doesn't need to wear pants to play this game.
I wrote this as a Yuletide pinch hit for marksykins, who apparently shares my love for Nolan and fascination with Padma. This is far fluffier and happier than I think Nolan/Padma will actually turn out, but romantic optimism is one of the chief uses of fanfic. This ended up overflowing with Portal references, right down to the title, and generally playing with Nolan's identity as a geek. It ends up not talking about his sexuality at all, which was not the choice I expected to make, but any mention dragged the story into didacticism.
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The Mouth of a Wolf's Not the End of the World
Teen Wolf
Allison Argent/Lydia Martin, Derek Hale, Gerard Argent
Allison has always been a werewolf hunter. Derek was ten when he survived the fire that killed his family. When the Argents return to Beacon Hills to kill Derek, Allison meets Lydia, and their romance makes her want to break the cycle.
How to write a story for tw_holidays and have it almost totally ignored: 1) Write femslash. 2) Have your recipient drop out. 3) Let Derek muscle his way into a major supporting role, but never mention Stiles or Jackson. 4) Write femslash without any porn. 5) Come up with a concept that probably requires 30,000 words but only have time to write 4500. 6) Fail to alert your friends to the existence of the fic until a week after the author reveal. (I actually like this story a lot and hope that someone notices it someday.)
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I've been working on my Best Songs of 2012 mixtape and commentary, but again with needing to put work ahead of fun. Remember when I was procrastinating my dissertation and had time for this stuff? But it all gets done eventually.